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KOLKATA: The Tea Board has made it mandatory for retailers and boutique owners to obtailicences for using the name 'Darjeeling' before selling the premium variety in West Bengal , a directive that comes amid concerns raised by domestic industry over the much cheaper Nepalese tea flooding the Indian market over the past one year and being passed off as Darjeeling tea. The board, which administers the rights of certification trade marks for...

NEW DELHI: US-based premium watch brand Bulova has forayed into the Indian market through an exclusive sales tie-up with e-commerce major Amazon. "We are entering the country as an Internet only model. We are bringing in the majority of collection we have. We have aggressive plans for India and expect India to be one of our biggest markets in Asia," Bulova VP (Asia Pacific) June Rhee told PTI. Bulova has an exclusive distributor based in Bangalore which will sell its product range on Amazon.in.

Long before 'Make In India', savvy Indian marketers figured out decidedly desi ways to reach their fellow citizens. Read on for gyaan you won't find in classic marketing tomes. Foreword Hold on a second before you deem this title the marketing equivalent of The Satanic Verses. The authors of this not-so-little blue book have immense respect for the marketing scriptures churned out by the likes of Philip Kotler. But when you are selling to Mera Bharat Mahan, you have to remember this market accounts for the most diverse and complex consumers in the world (and we aren't counting migratory aliens as yet)

MUMBAI: The timing, some may say, is ominous. As global investment pundits sound the death knell for value investing, Dalal Street lost one of its foremost practitioners of the art. Chandrakant Sampat , considered by many as one of the original value investors in India, died on Sunday in Mumbai. He was 86. Hypothetically, if trademarks were assigned to value investing styles in India, Sampat's investment method would have easily bagged one. His investment philosophy has partly shaped the thoughts of some of today's best known minds in the stock market, including Radhakishan Damani.

MUMBAI: Bhelpuri beats burgers just as comprehensively as farsan beats fries. Haldiram's revenues, at Rs 3,500 crore, is more than the combined revenue of Domino's (Rs 1,733 crore) and McDonald's (Rs 1,390 crore; adding toplines of the two separate operations in India). Or take that popular two-minute snack, Maggi, which netted a revenue of Rs 1,200 crore; Haldiram is almost three comtimes bigger. These figures — for 2013-14; the latest available in official records — when combined with the fact that Haldiram's commands 40 per cent of the Rs 5,500-crore traditional snacks business, conclusively demonstrates one thing.

NEW DELHI: Mutual funds have pumped over Rs 33,000 crore in debt markets in January on hopes that fixed income securities will continue to benefit from improvement in economic prospects and the government's reform initiatives. Besides, mutual funds (MFs) invested a net amount of Rs 270 crore in equity markets last month. Industry experts attributed the inflows during the month in debt to the new government's intent on introducing economic reforms and improved fundamentals of the domestic economy.

BENGALURU: Uber's recent filing of a taxi licence in India in compliance with existing regulations came as a letdown for supporters of the sharing economy, refocusing the spotlight on the unresolved question of whether a genuine sharing economy is possible in India. The sharing or collaborative economy is premised on the concept of sharing idle products and services with others, thereby conserving resources, cutting down costs, and reducing environmental impact. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the global sharing economy to be worth $15 billion today, a figure that is projected to hit $335 billion by 2025.

By Shajai Jacob In a market still defined by significant lack of transparency, real estate consultancies play a complex and responsible role in all transactions, especially in case of high-value property assets. In large ticket sized transactions such as those involved in Grade A office spaces, there can be no margin for error. Transparency, ethics and accurate market information play an inalienable role in closing such deals. Today, MNCs as well as domestic companies and investors depend on International Property Consultancies (IPCs)

NEW DELHI: Despite a sharp 30% run-up seen in the Sensex in the calendar year 2014, analysts at top global brokerage firms maintain their bullish stance on the Indian markets, on the hopes that India's macro environment will improve and interest rates will move down further. Credit Suisse is the latest to join the party in reconfirming its stance on the Indian equity markets after Nomura, which raised the Sensex target for the December-end to 33500 earlier this week. Credit Suisse maintains 'overweight' on the Indian equity markets despite rising premium over APAC.